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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11471

20 January 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 30
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) gmo
Pesticide mixes on transgenic soybeans need to be assessed

Brussels, 19/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - European Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis admitted on 8 January, much to the joy of NGOs Testbiotech and GeneWatch UK which had questioned him on the matter, that the cumulative effect of residues of pesticides sprayed on GMOs needs to be taken into account.

Testbiotech and GeneWatch UK recently expressed alarm at the proven toxicity of combinations of herbicides sprayed on new varieties of genetically modified soybeans. They...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
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